Executive Medical Director- Inflammation and Fibrosis Clinical Development, Early Pipeline Unit

POSTING END DATE: April 29, 2026 / 5:00PM EDT

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Position Summary

An Executive Medical Director is sought to provide clinical and scientific leadership for potential new, established, and emerging indications for advanced stage assets in the food allergy portfolio.

As Executive Medical Director you will:

• Work with medicine teams to plan and assure delivery of clinical research and development activities
• Work with early development teams to plan clinical development programs and establish efficient collaboration enabling seamless transition from early to late phase of development

Key responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end clinical development strategy for a drug or program. Manage specific clinical development plans for product(s) and/or indication(s) in specific therapy/disease areas

• Contribute to the strategic management of the Integrated Evidence Plan (IEP), including oversight of the Clinical Development Plan (CDP) and its component clinical trials for an asset in development. Be accountable for the clinical components of the Target Medicine Profile (TMP)

• Provide strategic leadership, for example in assuring that the clinical study designs are aligned with the IEP and CDP, and consider the scientific rationale, regulatory requirements, product development plan and commercial goals

• Establish and deliver to clinical development timelines, enabling key decision points and Go/No Go criteria for the CDP

• Develop and maintain relationships with program counterparts in Commercial, Research, Regulatory, Clinical Operations and Statistics

• Serve as a clinical point of contact for senior management and senior level matrix teams

• Contribute to the strategic and organizational initiatives in Clinical Development

• Contribute to Business Development activities, including due diligence projects

• Support technical and leadership development of Clinical Sciences staff via direct line management, mentoring and coaching

• Interface with and influence a range of scientific external experts (e.g., regulators, payors, CROs, subject matter consultants, investigators) to deliver clinical programs that align to our business strategy and address patient needs

• Lead and be accountable for the evaluation of the probability of technical success (PTS) of clinical studies/programs

• Identify and highlight transformational opportunities where projects can offer highly significant benefit to patients

• Assess benefit/risk at the study and/or project level. Take action to mitigate risk where appropriate

• Make substantial contributions to global regulatory interactions and files, including briefing documents, presentations, submission documents, and responses to questions

• Champion implementation of innovative methods and processes within clinical development and gains stakeholder support; encourages others to think differently and produce business solutions

Please note: - This role is hybrid. You will be expected to work on a GSK site regularly (typically 2–3 days per week).

Why You?

Basic Qualification
We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals:

• Medical Degree with specialist training or board qualification/eligibility in Allergy and Immunology.

• Experience in (bio-)pharmaceutical industry experience in food allergy clinical drug development

• Experience with planning clinical development for an asset and/or indication. Proven record of delivery of clinical trials and projects

• Experience of clinical research methodology and principles of biostatistics to facilitate innovative and efficient designs of clinical trials and clinical development plans with clear data-driven decision rules

• Line/matrix management experience

Preferred Qualification
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:
- Experience integrating translational biomarkers or companion diagnostics into clinical plans.
- Prior success leading global clinical trials and regulatory submissions.

- Experience coaching; mentoring and development; and a record of inspiring and motivating high-performance team. -
- Familiarity with innovative trial designs, digital tools or decentralized approaches.
- Track record of clear scientific communication to diverse audiences, including regulators and payers.

What we value
We put patients first and act with transparency and integrity. We seek collaborative leaders who simplify complexity and deliver robust evidence. We welcome people from all backgrounds and support inclusion. We encourage candidates who want to make a meaningful impact on patient health to apply.

Ready to make a difference?
If this role speaks to you, please apply now. We look forward to learning how your experience and approach can help us get ahead of disease together.

• If you are based in Cambridge, MA; Waltham, MA; Rockville, MD; or San Francisco, CA, the annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges $284,625 to $474,375. The US salary ranges take into account a number of factors including work location within the US market, the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role. In addition, this position offers an annual bonus and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program which is dependent on the level of the role. Available benefits include health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and paid caregiver/parental and medical leave. If salary ranges are not displayed in the job posting for a specific country, the relevant compensation will be discussed during the recruitment process.

Please visit  GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

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